UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER

As a tiny senior high in ORLANDO, Florida, UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER enrolls 162 students from grades 6 through 12, one of the schools within ORANGE. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 84% leaner than typical.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 21% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER is one campus in the mix.

BLANKNER K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. UCP TRANSITIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER's enrollment has rose 93% since 2018, when it stood at 84 (now 162). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 33% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 today.

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